this phrase always turned me inside-out.. was i made to resemble god? is everyone? how could all of use resemble god? i thought maybe all human faces arranged as a collage, or superimposed, could be what god would look like, which has philosphical undertones of its own.. the truth is, our likeness to god has no relation to our human persona.. god is a spirit, the supreme spirit, but a spirit first.. the baltimore catechism notwithstanding, god has never had a human shape.. he did send his son to earth to activate christianity, but the father never considered visiting us like "E.T.".. the likeness we bear to god stems from our soul.. our souls are made in the image and likeness of god.. thus, we have expressions such as, "god is in all of us".. we are all a part of god's consciousness, and we bear the imprint of his soul on our own.. therefore, he made us (our soul) in his image to offer us a glimpse of how he reveres us, evan as we lowly human-beings violate his word, fall short of following his commandments and ignore his son's admonitions.. our soul made in his likeness reminds us he holds humans as his most admirable achievement in his universe.. he gives his 2 most incredible gifts imaginable: a soul virtually indistinguishable from his own, and his only son to walk beside us, as he instructs and counsels us in our daily lives, the better to light the way to heaven..



DEO GRATIAS!

Because God gave us the capacity to freely love Him or reject Him.